Navy Regulars Who Posed as Students for Donations Were Drunk; Police Won’t Be Taking Action

Remember that the two young adults who decided to pretend to be student volunteers to solicit donations from a Hougang resident in the middle of the night?

Seriously, I can never forget the fact that they attempted this at 1:15am in the morning.

Well, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has finally completed the investigations, and here’s what they have to say.

The Facebook Post

On 21 Jul, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) made a Facebook post, stating that the two regulars from the RSN had committed that act of “mischief” under the influence of alcohol.

This sounds like every other true crime podcast.

It’s always the alcohol taking the blame, and then the culprit conveniently “blacks out” during the crime.

The post then writes that the two servicemen have “expressed remorse over their actions”.

It adds, “The RSN holds our service personnel to high standards of discipline and integrity, and expects them to be law-abiding citizens.”

As such, the two servicemen were trialled yesterday (20 Jul) and measures will be taken against them, including financial penalties.

The post does not elaborate on what the disciplinary actions are, nor how much the servicemen will be fined.

Seeing as to how the RSN regards the incident as a small offence, the Singapore Police Force has chosen not to take further action after they have looked into the facts and circumstances of the case.

In summary, the two servicemen will probably gain a slight stain on their behaviour and conduct on their military records and a slap of the wrist through the imposed fine.

Netizens’ Response

Netizens, however, aren’t as nice as the higher echelons of MINDEF.

Majority of the relevant and more well-liked comments are asking for harsher punishment, ranging from harsher and more concrete disciplinary actions, taking away their July salary bonus, discharging them from service to court marshalling.

The latter is a bit much, but whatever floats their boat, I guess.

The netizens are of the opinion that “intoxication does not entitle an individual to commit an offence/crime”, and they worry that this light punishment will entice more people to cheat or scam others, since the consequences aren’t harsh enough to act as a deterrent.

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Another netizen goes one step further to question if the two servicemen were even drunk in the first place.

Their comment reads, “They are not drunk… have you ever seen [a] drunk person’s behaviour? How can a drunk person target a specific house? They walk[ed] like normal people. They can even knock and wait for the person to come and talk… It doesn’t make sense to me.”

All of which is true. The two servicemen loitered around for a few minutes smoking first, before they trooped down the stairs only to come up again.

They even discussed their roles as they were waiting for someone to come and open the door, and they certainly didn’t slur as they were speaking to the Hougang resident.

It would be interesting to know how the RSN came to the conclusion that they were drunk that day.

One netizen even came up with the brilliant suggestion that the two servicemen should go back to the house and apologise to the resident.

Regardless, netizens are quite difficult to please. 

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